Patents by Inventor Virginia Pankratz

Virginia Pankratz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-purpose cleaning implement
    Patent number: 7552499
    Abstract: A cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The cleaning implement includes a handle connected via a universal joint to a mop head. A portion of the universal joint forms a handgrip which allows a user to hold the mop head independently from the handle. The cleaning implement has a quick-disconnect mechanism which includes a male element located at a distal end of the handle and a female element located on the universal joint and which allow a user to easily disconnect the handle from the mop head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adrian Benton James, Bryan Thomas White, Michael Joseph Shawver, Jan Hendrik Maria Verbiest, Virginia Pankratz, Paulus Antonius Augustinus Höfte
  • Automatic dishwashing compositions comprising blooming perfume and base masking ingredients
    Patent number: 7030068
    Abstract: Automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising bleaching agent or enzyme, and blooming perfume composition containing blooming perfume ingredients having a boiling point of less than about 260° C. and a ClogP of at least about 3, and wherein said perfume composition comprises at least 5 different blooming perfume ingredients, and base masking perfume ingredients having a boiling point of more than about 260° and a ClogP of at least about 3. Preferred compositions comprise amylase and/or protease enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Clare, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Virginia Pankratz
  • Multi-purpose cleaning implement
    Publication number: 20050060827
    Abstract: A cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The cleaning implement includes a handle connected via a universal joint to a mop head. A portion of the universal joint forms a handgrip which allows a user to hold the mop head independently from the handle. The cleaning implement has a quick-disconnect mechanism which includes a male element located at a distal end of the handle and a female element located on the universal joint and which allow a user to easily disconnect the handle from the mop head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adrian James, Bryan White, Michael Shawver, Jan Verbiest, Virginia Pankratz, Paulus Antonius Hofte
  • Automatic dishwashing compositions comprising blooming perfume and base masking ingredients
    Publication number: 20040138078
    Abstract: Automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising bleaching agent or enzyme, and blooming perfume composition containing blooming perfume ingredients having a boiling point of less than about 260° C. and a ClogP of at least about 3, and wherein said perfume composition comprises at least 5 different blooming perfume ingredients, and base masking perfume ingredients having a boiling point of more than about 260° and a ClogP of at least about 3. Preferred compositions comprise amylase and/or protease enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Clare, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Virginia Pankratz
  • Automatic dishwashing compositions comprising blooming perfume and base masking ingredients
    Publication number: 20020169091
    Abstract: 8420 Automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising bleaching agent or enzyme, and blooming perfume composition containing blooming perfume ingredients having a boiling point of less than about 260° C. and a ClogP of at least about 3, and wherein said perfume composition comprises at least 5 different blooming perfume ingredients, and base masking perfume ingredients having a boiling point of more than about 260° and a ClogP of at least about 3. Preferred compositions comprise amylase and/or protease enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Clare, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Virginia Pankratz
  • Package
    Patent number: D510277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brenda Frances Bennie, Marta Goyenechea Mateos, Richard Emil Hildebrand, IV, Edward F. Kline, Virginia Pankratz
  • Package
    Patent number: D499636
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brenda Frances Bennie, Marta Goyenechea Mateos, Richard Emil Hildebrand, IV, Edward F. Kline, Virginia Pankratz